Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Rain in Huambalo
We awoke today,Tuesday 8/01 with rain and worried it might have an impact on our cement plans. After breakfast off on the bus. I usually take the side of the bus for good pictures of the volcano, but I wanted to get a few of the mountain roads, so I changed sides. Besides, the clouds covered the tops of all the volcanos.
We we got to the school it was still raining and that was followed by pouring rain. I was assigned as a photographer to get pictures of what was going on at the school and the other building we are using.
The most fun of the day was watching the children take pictures. Chaya had given out several point and shoot digital cameras and let children take pictures from their perspective. Almost every child has had a chance to take pictures by now.
Several asked for my camera, but I wouldn´t risk it. Eventually though one girl was particularly persistent (and strong). So I put the strap around her wrist, showed her how to use the camera, and followed her closely. She would have done it all day, but eventually I did get it back.
Lunch was soup with quinon, potato and other vegtables, with chopped onions on the side. This was followed by avacodo, cucumber, rice with peas, egg, carrots, green peppers, and chicken.
And then?
And then the darn sun came out, so off we (Osima, Dennis, and I) went to the ramp. A wonderful ecuadorian cement man was already workinng there when we arrived. So we spend time adding the side boards and digging one more post hole (my job). Then our ecuadorian friend decided we needed MORE rocks. We put planks up the middle of the rocks and Dennis and I hauled 5 wheelbarrow loads of rock. As luck would have it, when I hauled my third load, the bus arrived to take us back to Baños.
Tomorrow we hope to mix sand, gravel and cement and pour it over the rocks (after we add a lot more rocks). If you happen to be in the neighborhood, please do stop by to help.
